Maria de Souza's five children help her collect the fruit when they're not in school. They climb to the highest branches with only a cloth around their feet for support and then slide down with the fruit in hand.
The açaí tree grows like a weed in the Amazon. Originally, the only value in the tree was the heart of the palm, which grows in the core and is only accessible by cutting down then entire tree. EarthFruits buys only the fruit, to show the river people how much value is in a living tree.
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